I recently published a post on my work blog (the Yankee ACA Blog) that is also of personal interest:
The Forgotten Potash Economy
The first picture of a potash kettle is in Pager's lilac garden. (Thanks, Laura, for the photo.) Note Bill's farm and sugarhouse through the lilac bushes. The second picture is in Beth and Jerry's front yard.
The article that I linked to in that post ("The First Patent") is an interesting history of the hugely important potash industry of the late 1700s and early 1800s. I highly recommend reading it. It is also interesting to note that for many years it was mistakenly thought that a Vermonter was awarded the first U.S. patent in 1790.
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